THE GINOTT MODEL Addressing the Situation with Sane Messages GINOTT’S KEY IDEAS 1.Discipline is a series of little victories. 2.The most important ingredient in discipline is the teacher’s own self-discipline. 3.The second ingredient is using sane messages when correcting misbehaving students. Sane messages are messages that address the situation and do not attack children’s characters. 4.Teachers at their best use congruent communication that is harmonious with students’ own feeling about situations and themselves. 5.Teachers at their worst attack and label students’ characters. 6.Teachers should model the behavior they hope to see in their children. 7.Inviting cooperation from students is vastly preferable to demanding it. 8.Teachers should express anger but in appropriate (sane) ways. 9.Labeling students disables them. 10.Sarcasm is and praise often is dangerous. Use both with great care. 11.Apologies from students should be accepted with the understanding that they intend to improve. 12.The best teachers help students to build their own self-esteem and to trust their own experience.
Addressing the Situation with Sane Messages
GINOTT’S KEY IDEAS
1. Discipline is a series of little victories.
2. The most important ingredient in discipline is the teacher’s own self-discipline.
3. The second ingredient is using sane messages when correcting misbehaving students. Sane messages are messages that address the situation and do not attack children’s characters.
4. Teachers at their best use congruent communication that is harmonious with students’ own feeling about situations and themselves.
5. Teachers at their worst attack and label students’ characters.
6. Teachers should model the behavior they hope to see in their children.
7. Inviting cooperation from students is vastly preferable to demanding it.
8. Teachers should express anger but in appropriate (sane) ways.
9. Labeling students disables them.
10. Sarcasm is and praise often is dangerous. Use both with great care.
11. Apologies from students should be accepted with the understanding that they intend to improve.
12. The best teachers help students to build their own self-esteem and to trust their own experience.